POLITICS: Former Army General joins Kogi guber race

A retired army general, Major General Patrick Ademu Akpa (Rtd) has joined
the race to the Lugard house in Kogi State
The retired army general from Kogi East said he is in the race following calls
from his people to deliver them from bad leadership being perpetuated by the
present administration.
According to a statement from his media office, the leaders of Kogi state
young professional and other cultural bodies in the state made the call
during the week.
The statement added that they called on the General to offer himself to
contest for the governorship election of the state on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
General Akpa, who through his career was a commandant of NDA, corps
commander of the prestigious Army engineers and held many directorate
post at the army and defence headquarter including chief of army policy and
planning and director of training and operation at defence headquarter.
Upon his retirement from military service after 35 year’s meritorious service,
he undertook a study on mortgage in the United Kingdom, where he was
trained on mortgage and properties development, which he is currently
practicing in Abuja. Akpa is a member and Alumni of National institute of
strategic studies, Jos and member of Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyor.
Major General Akpa is an elder of the APC in Kogi State. He actively
campaigned for the APC candidates during the 2015 elections. He was a
member of the APC Campaign Council in Kogi State and in the Reconciliation
Committee after the Governorship primaries of the APC.
He was the Chairman Security Sub-Committee of the Audu/Faleke Campaign
which led to the victory of the party in 2015 Governorship election. Like 2015,
General Akpa campaigned actively for APC candidates during the 2019
elections. He was in the Women and Youth Presidential Campaign Council
and took active part in Kogi State leading to victories of the APC in the state
The Leader of Kogi state young professional, Pastor John Desmond said,
“Akpa is the leader the people of Kogi state need. Akpa is a detribalized
person, a man that has help many young people to grow their profession.
During his days in the military, he helped a lot of our people into the military
service, he has assisted orphans, built hospital, school, and given many
scholarship to student of kogi state. In fact, if kogi people want to enjoy a
better governance, the emergence of Gen.Akpa is an opportunity for us to
taste a better government again.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/06/former-army-general-joins-kogi-guber-race/

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